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Today of all days I decide to relax in the quietness for a minute, take a little time to myself and turned on the t.v. and of all things the new show is on talking about the rehab centers all the celebs are going to and are they for real or just a get away spa.
So yes let us look at that for a moment, because it interests and frustrates me. I have no doubt that the rehab centers like the Betty Ford center and the newest one Promises, that they do work. The problem that we have is that if the person is not there of their own recognition then chances of them getting out and staying sober is a low percentage. Just because it is an expensive or exclusive facility does not make the basis of the program any different. There are a lot of differences in that the more exclusive have personal trainers, pools, and ect but when it comes down to it the basis of why the person is there is the same. I think that in the last few months the high profiled celebrities that have gone into the rehab facilities have only done so because of being forced to. Brittany and Lindsay have both already fallen off the wagon. They tell you whether it is dieting, quiting smoking, quiting drinking or quiting drugs it is a life style change. This means that you can not go back into the bar and say i'll just have water or soda because at some point it gets to you and you say oh just one won't hurt and then it eventually turns into more than one. Brittany Spears was not ready to leave her rehab stint and from all the news reports and headlines she is in total denial of having a problem which means she never got the proper treatment and Lindsy Lohan even though she was wearing an ankle monitor still went off the wagon even after staying in rehab through her 21st birthday. It all goes back to the basics if you want help you can get it from the rehab facilities whether they are exclusive or not and you have to make a life style change if you don't it will still be the same and the rehab was a waist of time.